The term 'Ozploitation' refers to
Australian exploitation (or genre) films made from the early 1970s to the mid
1980s. Any Australian exploitation film made during this period can be
considered part of the canon regardless of its genre classification.
Ozploitation films are audience driven films. Unlike Australian New Wave films, meant for art-house cinemas, Ozploitaion films play in grindhouses and drive-ins. They are created for sheer entertainment not for intellectual stimulation.
Like Film Noir,
Ozploitation was defined in retrospect. The term comes from the 2008
documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild Untold Story of Ozploitation. Director Mark Hartley and Quentin Tarantino
are credited with coining the name.
Ozploitation has Australian and international elements. Foreign actors, directors, producers and
writers are imported for commercial purposes. Some films are shot outside
Australia, others have the country doubling for somewhere else. A film qualifies
as long it is funded with Australian money and has Australians in creative
or production roles.
For more
Check out
The Deuce - A genre movie/grindhouse database
Scary Minds - focusing specifically on Aussie/Kiwi horror
Wikipedia’s article
Or watch Not Quite Hollywood! (the documentary which explains it all)
The Deuce - A genre movie/grindhouse database
Scary Minds - focusing specifically on Aussie/Kiwi horror
Wikipedia’s article
Or watch Not Quite Hollywood! (the documentary which explains it all)
